thanks to
scott for sending word that he is having an elliott tribute show in
adelaide on june 3rd. here is more info about it! scott toner plays
tribute to elliott smith in adelaide. when: june the 3rd 2005, where:
the prince albert hotel (wright street) adelaide, australia.

thanks to
daisy for letting us know that christopher o'riley will also have a
tribute to elliott, combined with raidohead songs, this thursday, may
26 at ucla (los angeles). daisy sent us the cliff notes version from
the ads advertised in la weekly: radiohead & elliott smith reimagined
for the piano by christopher o'riley, thursday, may 26 at 8pm. royce
hall (on the ucla campus) info: ucla live, 310 825-2101 or www.uclalive.org.
media sponsors: kcrw-fm santa monica, and the la weekly. tickets at:
ticketmaster
prices $42, $32, $22.

thanks to
matt for catching that itunes released an elliott smith 'essentials'
cd this week. here is matt with more: "apple has added an elliott
smith "essentials" collection to their library. nothing new,
but it's a collection of 3 different playlists spanning elliott's career,
with an option to buy the whole set. it's a great tool for someone who's
just discovering elliott and his wonderful music. here's a direct
link for those who already have itunes." (must have itunes
open to view the link). also, michael for emailing a while ago that
itunes has also included the division day ep/single that includes no
name #6. thanks michael!

thanks to
pat, scott, steven, wesley and nick for letting us know that ben fold's
beautiful song, late, and tribute to elliott is now out on ben's new
record, 'songs for silverman.' ben has also been asked by a good number
of interviewers about the song and you should be able to find more about
his thoughts on his song if you look for recent interviews. for more
info about ben folds, please go to his great site, www.benfolds.com.

even though
it's been up for a few months now, lido's elliott smith mini repository
site is back online. you can download 6 shows from 2003 and 1 show from
2002 for free! the mp3 files on the site and shows will now only be
accessible on weekends (12:00am saturday through 11:59pm sunday).sadly
he can only let people download the files on weekends or he will get
charged for bandwidth. well please go to lido.binaryops.com
to download all the shows! thanks lido for bringing it back :)

big thanks
to trisha cluck! she was nice enough to send us a proof of shots from
a 1995 photo shoot with elliott in new york. trisha was the first photographer
to capture elliott for promotional materials for kill rock stars when
he released his self-titled record. she recently found this proof and
was nice enough to send it to us to post exclusively! if you go to the
pictures page and scroll down a bit, trisha photos
are posted under 'trisha cluck' and if you are interested to see the
first krs promo pictures that she also took, they are the first 2 pictures
under 'kill rock stars promo.' thanks trisha!

also thanks
to mike for sending word a while ago that coast to coast (most likely
the album version) is on a 4 cd comp that was released last year called
'the best bands 2005.' if you are interested in checking it out, please
go to amazon.co.uk.

finally,
i would like to send congrats to joey and his finacee to a new addition
to their lives. they are going to have a boy and here is joey to tell
us more: on march 4th, my fiancee and i learned that our first child
is going to be a boy. elliott smith's life and music has meant so much
to us that we decided that our son is going to be named after our favorite
musician. our little elliott is due to be born on july 27th. i attached
a couple of pictures of him to this message (click to make it larger):